Ball toy



19 J. c. ANDERSON 2,967,711

. BALL TOY Filed July 15, 1959 ees-- l I I I) v INYENTOR James C. Anderson United States Patent BALL TOY James C. Anderson, 4213 Beauchamp Drive, Alexandria, Va.

Filed July 15, 1959, Ser. No. 827,260

'1 Claim. (Cl. 273-98) This invention relates to a ball toy.

It is the principal object of the present invention to provide a ball toy comprising a handle with an opening therein between which a string is attached with a ball thereon and operable in such a manner that the string and ball can swing through the opening in the handle, passing through the hole in a loop-the-loop manner.

It is another object of the invention to provide a ball toy with which one can improve his coordination of eye and hand movements and to test his skill for the manipulation of the ball through the opening.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a ball toy having the above objects in mind, which is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, light in weight, has a minimum number of parts, durable, of pleasing appearance, efiicient and effective in use.

For a better understanding of the invention reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connecton with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the toy with the ball lying out of the opening of the handle,

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on line 3--3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective and illustrative view with the ball and string extended as when the toy is in use and play is made to pass the ball in the opening in the handle in a loop-the-loop manner.

Referring now to the figures, represents a handle having an enlarged end 11 with a hole 12 therein through which a rubber ball 13 may be passed when the handle is manipulated in such a manner as to position the ball in alignment with the opening 12. V

The ball 13 is connected by a string 14 to a sleeve 15 having a projection 15' therein to which a knotted end of the string 14 is passed and connected. Extending from the opening 12 is an open end slot 16 in which the sleeve 2,967,711 Patented Jan. 10, 1961 15 is located to pivot and swing from a pin 17 extending between the sides of the slot 16. The sleeve 15 has separable portions forming the projection 15 through which the string 14 is extended and tied or knotted and are separable to position the sleeve upon the pin 17 which may be admitted in the sides of the slot 16 in a fixed manner, the toy handle and its enlarged opening projection 11 being formed of molded plastic.

In use, the handle is held in the hand and by manipulating the handle the ball is swung in a circle in a loopthe-loop manner and aligned with the opening 12 so that it can pass therethrough without the swing becoming entangled with itself or with the handle and continue to be manipulated so there is a continuous motion or passage of the ball through the opening 12 in the handle. This ball is preferably made of rubber and the string can be made or rubber or ordinary non-stretchable string.

It should be apparent that there has been provided a ball toy which will test the skill of a player and improve the coordination of the eye and hand. The sleeve 15 will rotate on the pin 17 so that there is little chance of any entanglement of the string with itself or with the handle. The handle is held in the hand and moved about in front of the player to manipulate the ball which at first will be.

suspended and when by jerking the hand slightly the ball may be thrown upward and passed through the hole or opening 12 upon its descent. The passing of the ball again can be in sequence and the playing continued until the player has perfected his skill.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A ball toy comprising a handle having a hole formed in one end thereof and adapted to receive a ball therethrough, a slot extending through said end in line with a said handle and communicating with said hole, a sleeve rotatably mounted within said slot by pins extending transversely of the slot into said end, a projection extending radially from said sleeve and having a small hole formed therethrough, a string secured at one end to said projection and through said small hole and extending to terminate at the other end in said ball.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 883,860 Craven Apr. 7, 1908 964,473 Kane et al. July 12, 1910 2,105,462 Brinkman Jan. 18, 1938 2,246,041 Halberstadter June 17, 1941 

